ALVIN BERNAL JACKSON (a/k/a RAHMAN X)

DOB: June 30, 1970
Race: African American
Gender: Male

County of conviction: Jefferson
Number of counts: 1
Race of victim: White
Gender of victim: Male
Date of crime: July 30, 1989
Date of sentencing: June 20, 1996

Trial Counsel:

Maxie Kizer

Current proceedings:

Last judicial decision:

Current counsel:

Jeff Rosenzweig
300 Spring St., Suite 310
Little Rock, AR 72201
jrosenzweig@worldnet.att.net
(501)-372-5247

Reported Opinions:

• Certificate of Appealability granted on one issue by U.S. Dist. Ct. ED of Arkansas, March 23, 2007.
   
• Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is denied by Jackson v. Norris, ___ F.Supp.2d ___, 2007 WL 38141 (January 4, 2007), Motion for Reconsideration of Order Precluding Evidence of Mental Retardation dismissed with prejudice.
   
• Certificate of Appealability denied on January 25, 2007 by U.S. Dist. Ct. ED of Arkansas.
   
• Denial of post-conviction petition affirmed following earlier remand. Jackson v. State, 105 S.W.3d 352 (Ark. 2003).
   
• Circuit court's denial of post-conviction relief as untimely vacated and remanded by Jackson v. State, 37 S.W.3d 595 (Ark. 2001).
   
• Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by Jackson v. State, 954 S.W.2d 894 (Ark. 1997).

Significant legal issues:

• trial judge's instruction that jury "correct" its error in the penalty phase verdict forms, by essentially instructing jury to find that no mitigating circumstances existed (jury had erroneously checked box indicating that no mitigating evidence was even presented)
   
• trial counsel's failure to call a penalty phase expert witness to describe Mr. Jackson's alleged organic brain dysfunction, as well as additional penalty phase witnesses to describe Mr. Jackson's personal and family history

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